The 12 Tribes of Israel in the Bible: a Quick, Illustrated Guide The nation of Israel was made up of tribes—the families descended from Jacob’s sons (and grandsons). To the earliest readers of the Old Testament, these names were common knowledge. Which...
The first eleven chapters of Genesis form the prologue for the rest of the Bible. In these chapters we find some of the Bible’s most famous stories, like Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, and Noah’s Ark. This prologue culminates with the united people of earth...
(TL;DR: Logos Bible Software is expensive, but there are all kinds of ways to save money on it, including my own discount.) If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that there would be no OverviewBible.com without Logos Bible Software. You may have...
What is the deal with Matthew chapter one? Why would you begin the story of Jesus (and the entire New Testament) with a boring list of more than 40 names? Well, as is often the case with Scripture, there’s a lot bubbling below the surface—including a few...
I’ve been studying the Bible for almost 20 years, and a good deal of people have asked me why I think the Bible is so important over that time. So I made a video about why Christians have historically believed the Bible. Spoiler alert: it has everything to do...
I grew up assuming two things about the book of Psalms, and they both turned out to be wrong: Psalms is the longest book of the Bible (see what the longest book actually is). Psalms was written by David. David didn’t write the book of Psalms. In fact, David only...
